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L'Encyclopédie Du Savoir Relatif Et Absolu
''L'Encyclopédie du savoir relatif et absolu'' or ''Livre secret des fourmis''. English: ''The Encyclopedia of Absolute and Relative Knowledge'' Also known as ''L'ESRA'' by readers, this book by Bernard Werber is actually a dictionary of things ranging from bread recipes to the explanation of the number "Zero". The book is a copy of the (fictional) testament of Edmond Wells, uncle of the main character from the book '' Les Fourmis''. The book is titled ''L'Encyclopédie du savoir relatif et absolu'' and is revealed article after article in the ''Ant Trilogy'' ('' Les Fourmis'', '' Le Jour des fourmis'' and ''La Révolution des fourmis'') as well as in the '' Nous les dieux'' trilogy. It is a collection of little-known facts, as seen from a physical, philosophical, metaphysical and many other fields. It contains a certain number of errors and Urban myths ''Urban Myths'' is a British biographical comedy drama television series first aired on 19 January 2017 on the Sky A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Werber
Bernard Werber (born 1961 in Toulouse) is a French science fiction writer, active since the 1990s. He is chiefly recognized for having written the trilogy ''Les Fourmis'', the only one of his novels to have been published in English. This series weaves together philosophy, spirituality, science fiction, thriller, science, mythology and consciousness. Writing style Werber's writing style mixes literary genres, including saga, science fiction and philosophical ideas. Most of his novels have the same format, alternating between prose and encyclopedic passages that expand upon the ideas in the former. Many of Werber's novels are also connected by common characters, story threads and themes. For example, the character Edmond Wells appears both in the trilogy ''Les Fourmis'' (''The Ants''), the novel '' L'Empire des anges'' (''The Empire of the Angels''), and the novel ''Nous Les Dieux'' (''We are Gods''). Literary themes Werber's books anthropomorphize animals including dolp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albin Michel
Albin may refer to: Places * Albin, Wyoming, US * Albin Township, Brown County, Minnesota, US * Albin, Virginia, US People * Albin (given name), origin of the name and people with the first name "Albin" * Albin (surname) ;Mononyms * Albin of Brechin (died 1269), Scottish bishop * Albin (rapper), real name Albin Johnsén, Swedish rapper * Albin (singer), mononym of Albin Sandqvist, Swedish electronic and dance pop singer Other * Albin (meteorite), found in 1915 in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States * Albin Countergambit, a chess opening * Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, founded in 1961, located in Winter Park, Florida, US * Albin Vega, a brand of yacht designed in Sweden * Per Albin Line, folkloric name of a 500 kilometer long line of light fortifications erected during World War II around the coast of southern Sweden * Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 The naming law in Sweden ( sv, lag om personnamn) is a Swedish law which requires the approv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paperback
A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with adhesive, glue rather than stitch (textile arts), stitches or Staple (fastener), staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, leather, paper, or plastic. Inexpensive books bound in paper have existed since at least the 19th century in such forms as pamphlets, yellow-backs, yellowbacks, dime novels, and airport novels. Modern paperbacks can be differentiated from one another by size. In the United States, there are "mass-market paperbacks" and larger, more durable "trade paperbacks". In the United Kingdom, there are A-format, B-format, and the largest C-format sizes. Paperback editions of books are issued when a publisher decides to release a book in a low-cost format. Lower-quality paper, glued (rather than stapled or sewn) bindings, and the lack of a hard cover may contribute to the lower cost of paperbacks. Paperb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
0 (number)
0 (zero) is a number representing an empty quantity. In place-value notation such as the Hindu–Arabic numeral system, 0 also serves as a placeholder numerical digit, which works by multiplying digits to the left of 0 by the radix, usually by 10. As a number, 0 fulfills a central role in mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, and other algebraic structures. Common names for the number 0 in English are ''zero'', ''nought'', ''naught'' (), ''nil''. In contexts where at least one adjacent digit distinguishes it from the letter O, the number is sometimes pronounced as ''oh'' or ''o'' (). Informal or slang terms for 0 include ''zilch'' and ''zip''. Historically, ''ought'', ''aught'' (), and ''cipher'', have also been used. Etymology The word ''zero'' came into the English language via French from the Italian , a contraction of the Venetian form of Italian via ''ṣafira'' or ''ṣifr''. In pre-Islamic time the word (Arabic ) had the meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Wells
Edmond is a given name related to Edmund. Persons named Edmond include: * Edmond Canaple (1797–1876), French politician * Edmond Chehade (born 1993), Lebanese footballer * Edmond Conn (1914–1998), American farmer, businessman, and politician * Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1892), French writer * Edmond Etling (before 1909–1940), French designer, manufacturer * Edmond Halley (1656–1742), English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist * Edmond Haxhinasto (born 1966), Albanian politician * Edmond Maire (1931–2017), French labor union leader * Edmond Rostand * Edmond James de Rothschild * Edmond O'Brien * Edmond Panariti * Edmond Robinson *Edmond Tarverdyan, controversial figure in MMA In fiction * Edmond Dantès, The main character in 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas. * Edmond Elephant, a character from Peppa Pig * Edmond Honda, a character from the ''Street Fighter'' series * Edmond, a character from Rock-A-Doodle * Edm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Fourmis
''Les Fourmis'' (The Ants) trilogy is a three-part novel series by France, French novelist Bernard Werber. The novels *''Empire of the Ants (novel), Les Fourmis'', Prix des lecteurs de Science et Avenir, 1991, . (lit. ''The Ants'', translated into English as ''Empire of the Ants''). This book sold more than two million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages. *''Le Jour Des Fourmis'', 1992, (lit. ''The Day of the Ants'') *''La Révolution Des Fourmis'', 1996, (lit. ''The Revolution of the Ants'') See also *Boris Vian, author of short story "Les Fourmis" {{DEFAULTSORT:Fourmis, Les Fictional ants Novels by Bernard Werber Science fiction novel trilogies fr:Les Fourmis (Werber) ko:개미 (소설) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nous Les Dieux
''Nous'', or Greek νοῦς (, ), sometimes equated to intellect or intelligence, is a concept from classical philosophy for the faculty of the human mind necessary for understanding what is true or real. Alternative English terms used in philosophy include "understanding" and "mind"; or sometimes "thought" or "reason" (in the sense of that which reasons, not the activity of reasoning). It is also often described as something equivalent to perception except that it works within the mind ("the mind's eye"). It has been suggested that the basic meaning is something like "awareness". In colloquial British English, ''nous'' also denotes " good sense", which is close to one everyday meaning it had in Ancient Greece. The nous performed a role comparable to the modern concept of intuition. In Aristotle's influential works, which are the main source of later philosophical meanings, nous was carefully distinguished from sense perception, imagination, and reason, although these term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
